Judas Priest - Demolition - 2001 (iTunes - Amazon)
Okay, yes. There is a nu-metal rapcore song on this album. It is the last. It's called Metal Messiah and it serves to remind me of a terrible time when it seemed that Limp Bizkit would never go away. When this was considered MUSIC.
Sadly, it's also one of the only tracks with a chorus that's catchy. It also proves just how generic this band that is calling itself Judas Priest has become.
Demolition is the kitchen sink album. Since the attempt at relevance on Jugulator was such a dismal failure the band obviously felt it was necessary to try EVERYTHING. So, there's a little Jugulator, a little rapcore, a little hair metal and a LOT of bad tracks.
This is not Priest. This is "generic metal band". The musicianship is fine. There are few "songs" to speak of. And the lyrics are a notch above elementary school.
And I'm serious about that.
This is also a dangerously LOOOOOONG record, clocking in at over an hour with no reason. After a while every song sounds exactly like the others.
This is a painful album to listen to, especially when doing a canon run like I am.
Grade D
A Side: Metal Machine, Subterfuge.
BlindSide: Lost & Found (The closest to glam metal this record gets. And not a bad track at that.)
DownSide: Cyberface & Metal Messiah (The Rap Song!)
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